Leave Amazon tribe alone, Brazil says
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The Brazilian Government has called for a newly-discovered tribe in the Amazon forest to be left alone.
Brazilian officials have taken photos of the isolated tribe living on the border between Brazil and Peru.
The Government says it released the photos to prove the existence of the tribe and to protect the tribe's land from illegal logging.
Fiona Watson from the indigenous rights group, Survival International, says the photos disprove Peruvian claims that the land is vacant.
The group says the discovery highlights the danger that encroaching civilisation poses to the Amazon.
"These people are very fearful, they've got their bows and arrows, they're shooting up at the plane," she said.
"They clearly want to be left alone. For these people to survive they must have their land rights recognised and protected."
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